A witness said they saw two police officers ‘bleeding quite heavily’ following the incident.

Another resident, Haroon Altaf, 34, who captured the incident on his mobile phone, said: ‘I saw a man running across the road with what seemed to me to be a 3ft sword. Police were everywhere.

‘He had run into somebody’s front garden and these police officers dragged him out but he’s gone for the officers. They were hitting him but you can see from the video is still attacking them when he’s on the floor.

The man was said to have wielded a ‘3ft’ sword (Picture: Joel Goodman/LNP)

The police officer was said to be bleeding heavily after the attack (Picture: MEN Media)

‘I think the officers did quite well. They were very professional. It’s a shame they got hurt in the process. What they did was good.

‘One of the ladies passing by was quite shaken up. She couldn’t believe it had just happened.’